BoI misquote of David Albert’s review

In-house rules Dec 24, 2024 · By Dennis Hackethal

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… [B]rilliant and exhilarating … … … Deutsch … is so smart, and so strange, and so creative, and so inexhaustibly curious, and so vividly intellectually alive, that it is a distinct privilege … to spend time in his head.

Original text

David Deutsch’s “Beginning of Infinity” is a brilliant and exhilarating and profoundly eccentric book. It’s about everything: art, science, philosophy, history, politics, evil, death, the future, infinity, bugs, thumbs, what have you. And the business of giving it anything like the attention it deserves, in the small space allotted here, is out of the question. But I will do what I can. It hardly seems worth saying (to begin with) that the chutzpah of this guy is almost beyond belief, and that any book with these sorts of ambitions is necessarily, in some overall sense, a failure, or a fraud, or a joke, or madness. But Deutsch (who is famous, among other reasons, for his pioneering contributions to the field of quantum computation) is so smart, and so strange, and so creative, and so inexhaustibly curious, and so vividly intellectually alive, that it is a distinct privilege, notwithstanding everything, to spend time in his head.

Quote text

Brilliant and exhilarating … Deutsch is so smart, and so strange, and so creative, and so inexhaustibly curious, and so vividly intellectually alive, that it is a distinct privilege to spend time in his head.

Ellipsis used (if any): ‘ … ’

Diff

David‧Deutsch’s‧“Beginning‧of‧Infinity”‧is‧a‧brilliant‧and‧exhilarating‧and‧profoundly‧eccentric‧book.‧It’s‧about‧everything:‧art,‧science,‧philosophy,‧history,‧politics,‧evil,‧death,‧the‧future,‧infinity,‧bugs,‧thumbs,‧what‧have‧you.‧And‧the‧business‧of‧giving‧it‧anything‧like‧the‧attention‧it‧deserves,‧in‧the‧small‧space‧allotted‧here,‧is‧out‧of‧the‧question.‧But‧I‧will‧do‧what‧I‧can.↵
It‧hardly‧seems‧worth‧saying‧(to‧begin‧with)‧that‧the‧chutzpah‧of‧this‧guy‧is‧almost‧beyond‧belief,‧and‧that‧any‧book‧with‧these‧sorts‧of‧ambitions‧is‧necessarily,‧in‧some‧overall‧sense,‧a‧failure,‧or‧a‧fraud,‧or‧a‧joke,‧or‧madness.‧But‧‧…‧Deutsch‧(who‧is‧famous,‧among‧other‧reasons,‧for‧his‧pioneering‧contributions‧to‧the‧field‧of‧quantum‧computation)‧is‧so‧smart,‧and‧so‧strange,‧and‧so‧creative,‧and‧so‧inexhaustibly‧curious,‧and‧so‧vividly‧intellectually‧alive,‧that‧it‧is‧a‧distinct‧privilege,‧notwithstanding‧everything,‧to‧spend‧time‧in‧his‧head.

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Part-by-part explanation

#	Part	Valid?	Explanation
1	~~David‧Deutsch’s‧“~~	× no	Deletions must be indicated, eg by ‘ … ’ or [replacement].
2	B
3	~~eginning‧of‧Infinity”‧is‧a‧b~~	× no	Deletions must be indicated, eg by ‘ … ’ or [replacement].
4	rilliant‧and‧exhilarating
5	‧and‧profoundly‧eccentric‧book.‧It’s‧about‧everything:‧art,‧science,‧philosophy,‧history,‧politics,‧evil,‧death,‧the‧future,‧infinity,‧bugs,‧thumbs,‧what‧have‧you.‧And‧the‧business‧of‧giving‧it‧anything‧like‧the‧attention‧it‧deserves,‧in‧the‧small‧space‧allotted‧here,‧is‧out‧of‧the‧question.‧But‧I‧will‧do‧what‧I‧can.↵It‧hardly‧seems‧worth‧saying‧(to‧begin‧with)‧that‧the‧chutzpah‧of‧this‧guy‧is‧almost‧beyond‧belief,‧and‧that‧any‧book‧with‧these‧sorts‧of‧ambitions‧is‧necessarily,‧in‧some‧overall‧sense,‧a‧failure,‧or‧a‧fraud,‧or‧a‧joke,‧or‧madness.‧But‧	× no	Deletions cannot contain linebreaks.
6	‧…‧	✓ yes	Insertion is an ellipsis.
7	Deutsch‧
8	~~(who‧is‧famous,‧among‧other‧reasons,‧for‧his‧pioneering‧contributions‧to‧the‧field‧of‧quantum‧computation)‧~~	× no	Deletions must be indicated, eg by ‘ … ’ or [replacement].
9	is‧so‧smart,‧and‧so‧strange,‧and‧so‧creative,‧and‧so‧inexhaustibly‧curious,‧and‧so‧vividly‧intellectually‧alive,‧that‧it‧is‧a‧distinct‧privilege
10	~~,‧notwithstanding‧everything,~~	× no	Deletions must be indicated, eg by ‘ … ’ or [replacement].
11	‧to‧spend‧time‧in‧his‧head.

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